Sunday, May 05, 2013

Darwinian Selection at Large Law Firms

"[Stephen J. Harper, LAWYER BUBBLE: A PROFESSION IN CRISIS (2013)] argues that the role top law schools play in putting their graduates in large law firms is misguided, particularly in light of the high turnover rate of associates at big firms (the fifth-year associate turnover rate exceeds 80%)."

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Is it even clear that large law firms generally select the "fittest" associates for partnerships?

About Me

Student of the law of evidence, evidence, inference, and investigation. Sometimes writes books. Sometimes writes articles. Sometimes tinkers with computer programs to support the marshaling of evidence for legal activities such as trials and pretrial discovery and investigation. And sometimes takes photographs.